Signs of the Flood

I shot this photo of Linda Seger hugging Nick Duffy, one of her many grandchildren, after a birthday celebration in Seger's rebuilt Time Check neighborhood home for a flood anniversary special section published by The Gazette. Meredith, one of our reporters, actually gave me a heads-up on a handwritten sign in Seger's home marking the water level. As the one-year anniversary of the 2008 flood draws near, it got me thinking about how people chose to "commemorate" the height of the flood water in their homes and businesses. I like shooting detail photos. I think they add to telling a visual story. They also bring visual variety to an edit.

They could be a small, professionally printed sign affixed to the wall of a business.

Or they could be handwritten on a 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper taped where a wall meets the ceiling of a home.

Others, like different colored window blind slats, are incorporated into the design of a rebuilt building.

So, let's see your high-water marks. Send them to jim.slosiarek@gazcomm.com. I'm hoping to get a photo gallery at gazetteonline.com to display them. It would be great to get a little back story on how it came about too.

Thank you for looking

jim